Global heating means a wetter and warmer world A wetter and warmer world will result from faster global warming. The evidence is in the sands of time. By Tim Radford LONDON, 14 May, 2020 – A warmer world may not be just a wetter one. It may get even warmer as well. New studies suggest the heavier rain that will accompany ever-higher global average atmospheric temperatures is in itself likely to trigger ever more carbon dioxide release from tropical soils. This is what engineers call positive feedback. The very symptoms of a warming world become part of the fuel for accelerating global temperature change. And the warning is derived not just from models of climate change, but once again from evidence from the past. Read the full article